RBB 2017: Team Battle

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Title:The Lost Art of Correspondence
Artist:Eriot
Author:winterstar or winterstar95
Rating (both art/fic): Art Gen; Fic Mature
Universe: MCU
Word Count:65K+
Warnings: mild angst, sarcastic banter (obviously, not really anything)



Fic Summary:
The shit storm Tony found himself in – well- he had no one to blame but himself. Hacking into the grading system at MIT when he was an undergrad to avoid the useless course work in English (he spoke relatively coherent English – why the hell did he need a class) got him into this mess. The shame! As a graduate student working on multiple doctorates he should not have to worry about taking an English class to fulfill an undergrad requirement. But that was exactly what happened. English 13B: The Lost Art of Correspondence. It was literally a pen pal class where he was assigned to a Service member and had to write lonely hearts letters to some lunk head deployed to who knew where. He could get through it; he knew he could. All he had to do was convince the lunk head to go along with his plan. Fill out a spreadsheet, write the paper, no letters needed. But Lunk head refused. Lunk head wanted the lonely hearts letters. It didn’t matter that Lunk head might be the Greek god Adonis come to life, Tony didn’t have the time. Trying to navigate grad school, his dysfunctional relationship with his parents, Tony did not need a Greek god Lunk head in his life, nor did he want to write lonely hearts letters to anyone – least of all some earnest soldier deployed half way around the world trying to do good.

By the end though, Tony did just that. Write lonely hearts letters to his Adonis lunk head – soon to be Captain - Steve Rogers.


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